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Massive shooting in Colorado. Perp possibly used an AR
y0diggity:
I grew up in Aurora. Lived there pretty much my whole young life. Moved to Nebraska when I was 21 from there. I talked to my dad this morning because "our" house is very close to that theater and he said it was bad and he's actually feeling depressed about the whole thing. Aurora has never been a great place to live, to be sure, but nothing like this. :( This is a tragedy.
Dtrain323i:
--- Quote from: y0diggity on July 20, 2012, 10:44:53 AM ---I grew up in Aurora. Lived there pretty much my whole young life. Moved to Nebraska when I was 21 from there. I talked to my dad this morning because "our" house is very close to that theater and he said it was bad and he's actually feeling depressed about the whole thing. Aurora has never been a great place to live, to be sure, but nothing like this. :( This is a tragedy.
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I know the feeling. I lived in Dekalb, IL when the Northern Illinois University shooting happened.
Dan W:
--- Quote from: Dtrain323i on July 20, 2012, 07:37:55 AM ---http://www.9news.com/news/article/278707/71/Shooting-in-Aurora-
According to a few sources, the theater had "no guns" signs posted.
Hold onto your butts gentlemen.
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My understanding of Colorado CCW law concerning "no gun" signs is that they are only able to prevent open carry with the sign.
To prevent concealed carry they would have to do the following:
--- Quote ---(4) A permit issued does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun into a public building at which:
(a) Security personnel and electronic weapons screening devices are permanently in place at each entrance to the building;
(b) Security personnel electronically screen each person who enters the building to determine whether the person is carrying a weapon of any kind; and
(c) Security personnel require each person who is carrying a weapon of any kind to leave the weapon in possession of security personnel while the person is in the building.
(5) Nothing in this shall be construed to limit existing rights of a private property owner, private tenant, private employer, or private business entity.
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I have read that there were Aurora police at the movie doing crowd control, and I assume they were armed. Perhaps they were checking for weapons at the door, but I do not know that that is the case.
In any case, stopping a heavily armed and armored assailant in a room full of tear gas would be a very tough job for anyone.
My kids and grand kids live on the outskirts of Aurora, and my daughter attained her PHD from CU Denver University Medical center, the same school this whacko attended.
My prayers go out to anyone effected by this horrible crime.
Lorimor:
Midnight showing of Batman? On a weeknight? How many possessed of the CCW/Be Prepared mindset are out and about? Not many.
The punk chose his target well. Some accounts I've read is there were many pauses in the action as he stopped to reload and NO ONE came at him.
Thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.
sparky:
The latest I just read had a total of 71 victims including wounded and dead. This THING that did this is the lowest of all scum that would go after small children. This is so sad and my prayers go out to all involved.
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